Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company wins Small Business of the Year Award March 21, 2005, Cundy’s Harbor, Maine ----- The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber of Commerce has announced that Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company is the winner of the Small Business of the Year Award for 2005. Criteria for the award are 1) business growth and improvement; 2) good financial health; 3) quality customer service; 4) staying power; 5) overall excellence in the marketplace; 6) community contribution; 7) 25 or fewer employees; and 8) Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber member.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by our community and realize that much of our success is due to the support we receive from our friends, neighbors, customers and suppliers in the area,” said Cal Hancock. Cal started Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company in January 2001 and the Company and its products have enjoyed steady growth and recognition each year. Interest in Hancock’s award winning lobster specialty products including lobster pot pies, lobster stew, lobster bisque, lobster rolls, and lobster hors d’oeuvre has been growing steadily with favorable reviews in The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Herald, Houston Chronicle, Food & Wine, and Coastal Living Magazine. Hancock has appeared on the Food Network, the products have been on The Today Show and CBS This Morning. In 2003, the lobster pot pies won the “Best Seafood” award at the International Fancy Food Show in New York City.
Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company sells specialty lobster products to gourmet retail stores in over 30 states nationwide, through several national catalogs (such as Neiman Marcus, Williams-Sonoma, Stonewall Kitchen, Harry & David and Dean & Deluca) and direct to consumers through its catalog and website, www.hancockgourmetlobster.com. Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company operates out of its production facility in Topsham, Maine and its test kitchen in Cundys Harbor, Maine.
The Southern Midcoast Chamber of Commerce serves the communities of Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Dresden, Edgecomb, Georgetown, Harpswell, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Westport Island, Wiscasset, and Woolwich.
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